Read for the YA 2010 and Once Upon a Time IV Reading Challenges. Abdullah is a carpet merchant in the Zanzib bazaar, leading a fairly humble life, until the day a stranger sells him a magic carpet. It’s a rather threadbare, unattractive carpet, but it transports him to a beautiful garden where he meets the […]
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Lilac Sock #1 is done! I have to say, this pattern looks a lot better once it’s complete. There’s something about having it on a foot that gives it a little something extra. It’s a very simple pattern, and goes pretty quickly. Well, would probably have gone pretty quickly had I not been focusing more
Read for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. When the Earl of Rule decides to marry, his sister suggests the lovely Lizzie Winwood. Lizzie agrees to the match, but is in love with another, a penniless officer. So Lizzie’s youngest sister Horatia comes up with a plan – she will marry the Earl, and let Lizzie
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As counter to the Cabled Swing Cardi debacle, I turned to clue #3 of the March Sockdown Mystery sock. I’m really enjoying this pattern. It reminds me of leaves, but it’s kept changing down the length of the sock, and definitely stayed interesting. I’m really looking forward to the final clue on Monday. I’m also
It’s Spring again, so it’s time for the fourth Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge. Once again, I’ll be doing Quest the First, which is to read five books in the following categories: Fantasy, Folklore, Fairy Tale and Mythology. Unlike past years, I’m not going to preplan a reading list. I’ve got a ton of
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The Cabled Swing Cardi doesn’t fit. Bleh. It’s too long, and too large in the shoulders. I’m not sure if I have the necessary skills to modify the pattern enough to make it fit me. So it’s sitting in my basket for the moment while I debate how much frogging will be going on. I’m
There will now be a brief pause in the sock knitting, because I have actually finished the pieces of the Cabled Swing Cardi. Ahead, I only have seaming, and the neck shaping, and I will be done. I’m actually starting to get a little nervous. I really very badly want this to fit, and I’m
Here’s my March sockdown regular sock, take two. It’s Jeannie Townsend’s Lilac Socks. I’m still using the Knitpicks Stroll yarn, and size 2 needles. I’m already much happier with the pattern. There are no nupps, and I’m able to knit along without wanting to pull my hair out. I think I’m going to leave the
Clue #2 of the March Mystery sock is done. I’m definitely enjoying the pattern, and loving the yarn. It’s both pretty, and really soft. In other news, life is too short for the amount of swearing I was doing at the nupps in the Lily of the Valley sock pattern, so I’ve frogged that, and
